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　　Australia has lots of lovely animals. You can’t find them anywhere else in the world. The most famous ones are kangaroos and koalas.

　　The kangaroo is the symbol of Australia. They have large eyes and ears. They don’t walk, they jump. They use their strong back legs. They can jump at 74 kilometers per hour. They can go over nine meters in one jump. Kangaroo mothers have pouch to carry their babies. The babies stay inside to get milk and keep warm.

　　Kangaroos are everywhere in Australia. They are on TV, in books and in the shops. But do you

　　know that millions of kangaroos are killed every year? There are too many of them. There are about 20 to 25 million kangaroos in Australia. That’s more than the number of people in the country. Some kangaroos go hungry because there is not enough food to eat. They break into farms for food. Farms are angry with them.

　　The koalas is another famous Australian animals. They look like bears, have small eyes and big noses. They eat leaves from gum trees. Koalas have a special smell. They use it to mark their home----“This is my place, you can’t come in.” Like kangaroos a koalas baby lives in its mother’s pouch ,too.

　　( )61If we want to see kangaroos and koalas in natural forests, we can go to.

　　A China B France C Australia

　　( )62What does a kangaroo look like?

　　A It looks like a bear B It has big eyes and ears C It has small eyes and big noses

　　( )63 The word “pouch” means

　　A 育儿袋 B肌肉 C 尾巴

　　( )64Which is not true?

　　AThe kangaroos can go over nine meters in one jump

　　B Koalas like eating leaves from gum trees

　　C Koalas use their voices to mark their homes

　　( )65What’s the best title of this passage?

　　A kangaroos and koalas B Beautiful Australia C How to protect kangaroos and koalas